Mohamed Irufaan (born 24 July 1994) is a Maldivian professional

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who plays as a

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for Maziya.

Club career

Irufaan joined

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in 2012 and played at youth level before breaking through into the first team, in the year 2013. He later joined Maziya in the following year 2014 and won all major trophies at Maldives top fight within just three years of time.އޮފާތައް ލިބުނު އެކަމަކު ބޭނުންވީ މާޒިޔާގައި މަޑުކުރަން: އިރޭ
Mihaaru Sports (in Dhivehi). 15 December 2016. He has also represented Maziya at the

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. In 2014, Irufaan won the

Haveeru Sports Awards Haveeru Daily ( Dhivehi: ހަވީރ ދުވަހު ނޫސް) was the longest serving daily newspaper in the Maldives, established on January 1, 1979. History When local newspaper ''Moonlight'' ceased publication on December 9, 1978, Haveeru was re ...

for the best under 21 player in the Maldives.

International career

Irufaan represented and also captained Maldives at the under 23 level between the years 2012 to 2016. He made his

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team debut for Maldives against

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in the

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match. He came in as a 74th minute substitute for

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where they went on to win by 4–3.BHUTAN 3–4 MALDIVES

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. 8 October 2015

Honours

Maldives *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Irufaan, Mohamed 1994 births Living people Maldivian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Maldives men's international footballers Maziya S&RC players Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for the Maldives